Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] prob with aggregate and group by - returns multiplesh

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu>, "'pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] prob with aggregate and group by - returns multiplesh
Date: 2000-02-29 17:21:26
Message-ID: 200002291721.MAA26276@candle.pha.pa.us
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Looks good to me.

> Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> writes:
> > I vote for the SQL92 TEMPORARY. Let's not add a keyword that is non-standard
> > just because one or another commercial database makes use of it,
>
> You're missing the point: we are not talking about *adding* a keyword,
> we're talking about *removing* one that we've already supported for
> a year or so. That changes matters considerably, IMHO.
>
> I have in fact been able to make a conflict-free grammar in which TEMP
> is accepted but not reserved. It requires a certain amount of
> redundancy in the productions (see below), but I think this is a
> worthwhile tradeoff for not breaking existing user code.
>
> Shall I commit this?
>
> regards, tom lane
>
>
> /*
> * Redundancy here is needed to avoid shift/reduce conflicts,
> * since TEMP is not a reserved word. See also OptTemp.
> *
> * The result is a cons cell (not a true list!) containing
> * a boolean and a table name.
> */
> OptTempTableName: TEMPORARY opt_table relation_name
> { $$ = lcons(makeInteger(TRUE), (List *) $3); }
> | TEMP opt_table relation_name
> { $$ = lcons(makeInteger(TRUE), (List *) $3); }
> | LOCAL TEMPORARY opt_table relation_name
> { $$ = lcons(makeInteger(TRUE), (List *) $4); }
> | LOCAL TEMP opt_table relation_name
> { $$ = lcons(makeInteger(TRUE), (List *) $4); }
> | GLOBAL TEMPORARY opt_table relation_name
> {
> elog(ERROR, "GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE is not currently supported");
> $$ = lcons(makeInteger(TRUE), (List *) $4);
> }
> | GLOBAL TEMP opt_table relation_name
> {
> elog(ERROR, "GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE is not currently supported");
> $$ = lcons(makeInteger(TRUE), (List *) $4);
> }
> | TABLE relation_name
> { $$ = lcons(makeInteger(FALSE), (List *) $2); }
> | relation_name
> { $$ = lcons(makeInteger(FALSE), (List *) $1); }
> ;
>

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